§ 18-2-208. Examination of Witnesses and Records
The chancellors, whenever necessary to arrive at a correct knowledge of the respective bonds and their sufficiency, shall summon witnesses and examine them on oath, and shall examine all records in any of the county or state offices, and all records and papers in the offices of the clerks and masters.
§ 18-2-209. Orders to Correct Deficiencies in Bond
Whenever any chancellor in any manner determines that the bonds of any clerk and master of any court within the chancellor’s judicial district are, from any cause, insufficient, the chancellor shall forthwith make a record of the fact on the minutes of the court, and order the clerk and master, within thirty (30) days from […]
§ 18-2-210. Other Courts and County Legislative Bodies Also to Examine Bonds
Sections 18-2-207 — 18-2-209 shall apply also to the clerks of the other courts of this state, and it shall be the duty of the judges of the supreme, circuit, criminal and special courts, at each term of those courts, respectively, and of the county legislative bodies at every quarterly meeting, to inquire into the […]
§ 18-2-211. Time for Examination of Bonds
Nothing in §§ 18-2-207 — 18-2-210 is to be construed to prevent the examination of bonds on any other than the first day of any term or meeting, but the examination shall be made at each term and quarterly meeting, as respectively provided, and the examination may be continued from day to day until a […]
§ 18-2-212. Grand Jury Examination of Bonds
The grand jury in each county shall inquire into the correctness and sufficiency of the bonds of all the clerks within the county, including the clerk and master of the chancery court, and, for this purpose, they may send for witnesses and examine all necessary records and papers. Should they find any bond of any […]
§ 18-2-213. Removal for Failure to Execute New Bond
Should any clerk or clerk and master fail to comply with the order of the clerk or clerk and master’s court, it shall be the imperative duty of the court to remove the clerk or clerk and master, and appoint some other person in the clerk’s or clerk and master’s place. If a clerk elected […]
§ 18-2-105. Unlawful Use or Disposal of Money or Property
Any clerk or clerk and master of any court who, without authority of law, uses, loans or converts to the clerk’s or clerk and master’s own use, or otherwise disposes of, any money or property that may have come into the clerk’s or clerk and master’s hands in the clerk’s or clerk and master’s official […]
§ 18-2-106. Reports of Property Sold
It is the duty of the clerk, whenever property has been sold by the clerk under order of the clerk’s court, or any judge of the court, at each term to make and submit to the court a report showing the property sold, the amount of the sale, the principal and interest collected, the aggregate […]
§ 18-2-107. Decree on Report of Property Sold — Appeal
The report and the action of the court on the report shall be embodied in a decree, to be entered on the minutes of the court, and the clerk shall be entitled to no other fees or allowances than those specified and fixed by the decree of the court. The action of the court is […]
§ 18-2-201. Official Bond
Every clerk of a court except the clerk of the supreme court and chief deputy clerks of the supreme court, before entering upon the duties of the clerk’s office, shall enter into an official bond, which shall be prepared in accordance with title 8, chapter 19, to the satisfaction of the clerk’s court, in the […]